Our next step is to study sales and market trends of improved (developed or built-on) properties in a selected area.

@David McBrayer If you go REIT you lose the control of selecting properties.

I have done several extensive competitive analysis of residential property management companies in Florida. 

Here in the Maritimes where oil, natural gas and electricity are equally expensive, a heat pump is an ideal replacement for a gas furnace (we've replaced a handful in the past three years).Of course, the selection of a heating fuel is only a factor until you design the building to be sufficiently efficient that a traditional HVAC system is not required ... an area where we are decades behind despite some of the earliest building efficiency research having been done in Canada and the U.S.A.

Hi BP community,I'm looking for a real estate attorney in San Diego County (CA - California) with extensive experience in writing/reviewing real estate purchase contracts/agreements for wholesalers and rehabers.

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She has since threatened to go to an attorney since she claims the mold has been causing her to miss work, causing issues with her son's health, and has racked up "extensive" medical bills.

., CFP®, Rutgers Cooperative Extension, at Rutgers University which she wrote on 9/30/2015 here: http://bit.ly/2cY7i5EApprox 45% of American credit card users pay their credit card bill in full every month55% of American credit card users carry a balance on their cards11% of those that carry a balance only make the minimum paymentGoing by the data in the article it just became harder for around 55% of mortgage applicants to qualify for a mortgage.

Today's Phoenix newspaper had the following article - The point being that when you invest for cash flow it is a good idea to find communities where "normal people" can afford the rent & can afford to buy. Whether...

Plus can I not use that as leverage with the listing agent to select my deal since they will be making more money?